摘要
More than a century ago,the mam darins of Canton designated a 44-acre sandbank as an enclave for foreign merchants to protect them from local resentment-at times murderous-after the Opium Wars.They called it Shameen Island,though it is more commonly known today as Shamian Island.In 1888,the Banque de flndochine settled down at 16-18 Shameen Nan Lu to much fanfare.
